Wireless Local Area Networking
•Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi): a trademarked
name of the Wireless Ethernet
Compatibility Alliance (WECA) that specifies the interface between a wireless client and a base station
or between two wireless
clients.
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•A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a network in which devices use high frequency radio waves instead of wires
to communicate.
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•Wi-Fi operates in
the 2.4 GHz radio spectrum, which is the same spectrum used by cordless phones, garage door
openers, microwave ovens, and
other devices.